Ward encourages fellow politicians to ‘adopt’ a political prisoner to show solidarity with Belarus
22nd January 2021 - Senator Barry Ward
Fine Gael Dún Laoghaire Senator, Barry Ward, is encouraging fellow politicians to ‘adopt’ a political prisoner from Belarus to show solidarity with the country as they deal with the aftermath of a fraudulent election.
Senator Ward, who has raised the issue of the Belarussian election in the Seanad on a number of occasions, said: “The presidential election in Belarus last August has been widely discredited as having been fraudulent. The European Commission, the Irish Government and many governments across the EU have come out against Alexander Lukashenko and rejected the validity of the election result, with the European Commission describing it as ‘neither free nor fair’.